The Polar Bear of North Park

Did you know North Park has a Polar Bear?  The legend told by the old timers was - if you could see the polar bear snow field on Mount Ethel in July -  then there would be plenty of snow melt to irrigate the hay fields of the Park. 
To find the polar bear:  travel north from Rand on Colorado Highway 125 towards Walden - look to the northwest and find Mount Ethel on the southern end of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Range.  If enough snow has melted - you should see the outline of a huge polar bear.

Photo taken last year - July 2017

Photo taken July 2018